Wednesday, April 21, 2010

In the future, online comments may not be anonymous

This New York Times article addresses an issue we discussed in class tonight. A website owner will not be held accountable for comments made by a third party on that site. However, according to this article, the Times may soon hold the people accountable who publish comments if the Times removes the ability to comment anonymously. Maybe this would get rid of the anger and hateful posts. Some might argue that removing anonymous posts will harm "free speech," but if you won't put your name on something you write maybe it shouldn't be said.

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